The Irish love our President:

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4. I missed that one... thanks for posting!

Ah, the Irish:

DUBLIN (AP)-- Downing a Guinness is a rite of passage for any visitor to Ireland, but too often the VIPs, including some US presidents, disappoint the Emerald Isle.

Not President Obama. He may be criticized for taking too long to make up his mind at times, but he didn't hesitate today when offered a pint of the dark brew. Obama downed it in four slurps and won cheers across Ireland for it.

"The president actually killed his pint! He gets my vote," said Christy O'Sullivan, a government clerical worker who was taking a long lunch break to watch live TV coverage of Obama's visit to Moneygall, the tiny village where his maternal great-great-great grandfather lived and worked. "He's the first president I've actually seen drink the black stuff like he's not ashamed of something."

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But today an American president finally savored his pint the way a local expects. Audiences watching the moment -- deliciously drawn out by Obama for close to a minute -- shouted encouragement at their TVs and cheered as he took a hearty swallow and polished it off. Mrs. Obama drank her half-pint, then got behind the bar herself and pulled two pints.

Obama even ended up with a bit of a frosty moustache, another trademark of tackling a creamy-headed stout. He revealed to pub-goers that it wasn't his first pint in Ireland either and suspected that the Irish were holding back their best brew for themselves. He said he first drank stout when he flew into the airport in Shannon, Ireland, en route to Afghanistan.

http://archive.boston.com/lifestyle/food/blogs/99bottles/2011/05/obama_downs_a_pint_of_guinness.html